Colour INKspiration 50 #CI50

What is Colour INKspiraton? – a Facebook based bi-monthly colour challenge.

Anyone with Facebook can join in.  You don’t need a blog and you don’t need to be a demonstrator.

I have joined in these challenges and love them as Colour challenges for me are actually a real challenge.

 Click here to join the Facebook page which now has over 1900 members and see what it’s all about.

Here’s some of the basic details about the challenge –

The Colour INKspiration Crew! consists of a team of talented Aussie and NZ Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators that create projects based on Pinterest inspired colour swatches.

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm (AEDT), a new colour swatch will be uploaded to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group and the Colour INKspiration Crew will get the ball rolling by providing inspiration for each challenge with a blog hop.

Then you have a 12 day period to upload your own creations using the colours provided.

If you have a blog, feel free to link back to it, but all entries will be via Facebook.  The design team will select 5 projects to be ‘design team picks’ and then the Facebook group will select an overall winner from this shortlist.

Welcome from Julia's page

I whipped out an oldie but a goodie for this colour combo as the colours yelled "male themed" to me....
I also took the picture as a bit of inspiration to make a sea card.

This card came as a bit of a happy accident as I had a piece of whisper white cardstock with the circle already cut into it and worked my card around it.

I like the bit of depth the layered circles add to the image as I tried to make something that I hadn't made before with this set.

A little bit of flicked water over a sponge brayered background just sets the whole card off.

I stamped the seagulls with the Blueberry Bushel and then with Memento slightly offset so it gives the impression of movement.

• Stamps: High Tide and sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthdays
• Ink: Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Mango Melody, Sahara Sand, Blueberry Bushel and Memento Black
• Card: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Coastal Cabana, Mango Melody, Bermuda Bay and Blueberry Bushell
• Tools: Layering Circle Framelits, various sized circle punches for the smaller circles and a sponge brayer
• Embellishments: Dimensionals and Water

Check out my good friend Kelly's project

Just Add Ink 445 #JAI445

Just Add Ink Challenge #445

This weeks challenge is

Who doesn't like embossing?

I used this challenge as inspiration to make a birthday card for a lovely mum from school.

I did a bit of a happy mistake (there isn't really mistakes in cardmaking) but I debossed the image which I quite like on a patchwork style card.

I also Embossed the Happy in white embossing powder for the sentiment.

• Stamps: Well Said
• Ink: - Versamark
• Card: Whisper White, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Basic Black and Petal Pink
• Tools: Rectangle Stitched, Well Written & Stitched Labels Framelits as well as the Country Floral Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder with the Bigshot 
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals & Highland Heather Organdy Ribbon

To See the other cards in these challenges head on over to

 http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com.au/

What Will You Stamp 208? #WWYS208

What Will you Stamp Challenge number 208.

I hope that you like what I can come up with for these awesome challenges.

I hope more of you join in with these great stampset challenges as they are fun!

I have used this set a few times but I thought about using it a bit differently this time and just use the smaller flowers that feature.

I cut a circle and placed it on the card base to use as a bit of a template for the twigs and floral images to be stamped around. The striped image was stamped off first then stamped onto the card. 

It is a bit hard to see in the photo but I placed the circle back onto the card and sprayed a mixture of blushing bride with Isocol on the background to give it a pink tinge.

• Stamps: Incredible Like You
• Ink:  Blushing Bride, Old Olive, Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron and Soft Suede
• Card: Whisper White
• Tools: precut circle for a mask as well as Stampin Spritzer with Blushing Bride and Isocol.
• Embellishments: Dimensionals & Butterfly Elements

To See the other cards in these challenges or to enter in this challenge head on over to

What Will You Stamp?

Inspire.Create #036 & TGIF Challenges #TGIF199

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This week two challenges have the same theme which makes things easy for me!

I did make two cards though as I love the saleabration selections!

Card 1

I have just been able to get hold of the new Painted Seasons Stampset, Designer Series Paper and Framelits (coming in March).

This is a simple but really effective card as the Designer Series Paper (DSP) is a bit of the star!

I also used the Part of My Story Stampset which is another of the great Saleabration (SAB) selections!

• Stampsets: Painted Seasons and Part of My Story
• Ink: Poppy Parade, Early Espresso, Shaded Spruce and Lemon Lime Twist
• Card: Whisper White, Shaded Spruce, Poppy Parade, Painted Seasons DSP
• Tools: Stitched Rectangle Framelits as well as the Four Seasons Framelits with the bigshot & sponge dauber
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals

Card 2

Oh my I am in love with this new Dynamic Textured Embossing folder!! Just splashing some colour using the Stampin' Blends makes the image pop right out!

• Stampsets: Part of My Story
• Ink: Highland Heather, Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive in light Stampin Blends and the sentiment was in Stampin Writes
• Card: Whisper White and Calypso Coral
• Tools: Story Label Punch (coming soon) and Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing folder with the bigshot
• Embellishments:  Dimensionals and Highland Heather Organdy Ribbon

To visit the other projects visit

http://inspirecreatechallenges.blogspot.com/

or facebook

https://www.facebook.com/inspirecreatechallenges/

and

http://tgifchallenges.blogspot.com/

Colour INKspiration 49 #CI49

What is Colour INKspiraton? – a Facebook based bi-monthly colour challenge.

Anyone with Facebook can join in.  You don’t need a blog and you don’t need to be a demonstrator.

I have joined in these challenges and love them as Colour challenges for me are actually a real challenge.

 Click here to join the Facebook page which now has over 1900 members and see what it’s all about.

Here’s some of the basic details about the challenge –

The Colour INKspiration Crew! consists of a team of talented Aussie and NZ Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrators that create projects based on Pinterest inspired colour swatches.

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 pm (AEDT), a new colour swatch will be uploaded to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group and the Colour INKspiration Crew will get the ball rolling by providing inspiration for each challenge with a blog hop.

Then you have a 12 day period to upload your own creations using the colours provided.

If you have a blog, feel free to link back to it, but all entries will be via Facebook.  The design team will select 5 projects to be ‘design team picks’ and then the Facebook group will select an overall winner from this shortlist.

Welcome to 2019 for our first challenge from Jan's page. 

(And a massive warm welcome to Jan, Cathy, Erin and Leonie to the team! I am so excited that you talented ladies have joined us and I can not wait to see your amazing creations)

This is my colour picture pick yet again this fortnight!

I received a new box of goodies to play with and I couldn't resist them.
Here is a sneak peak of a few items coming soon.....

The new rectangular framelits have most definitely become a favourite in my craft room and I am pretty sure the new embossing folder will be as well!

• Stamps: Painted Seasons and sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthdays
• Ink: Coastal Cabana, Highland Heather, Melon Mambo, Pineapple Punch and Versamark
• Card: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pineapple Punch, Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana and Basic Black
• Tools: Rectangle Stitched & Four Seasons Framelits as well as Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Folder with the bigshot and white embossing powder with the heat tool.
• Embellishments: Dimensionals and Butterfly wood Elements.

Check out Bronwyn's amazing card!